Near-infrared optical properties of ex vivo human uterus determined by the Monte Carlo inversion technique

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2451-2462

  Ripley, P M ^a   Laufer, J G ^a   Gordon, A D ^a   Connell, R J ^a   Bown, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; UTERUS;

EID: 0032872412     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/10/307     Document Type: Article

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